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August 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago On Sunda Your heading here , New Zealand will mark 100 days without community transmission of COVID-19. From the first known case imported into New Zealand on February 26 to the last case of community transmission detected on ... <a title="100 days without COVID-19: how New Zealand got rid of a virus that keeps spreading across the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/07/100-days-without-covid-19-how-new-zealand-got-rid-of-a-virus-that-keeps-spreading-across-the-world-143672/" aria-label="Read more about 100 days without COVID-19: how New Zealand got rid of a virus that keeps spreading across the world">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Fuhrer, Professor of Physics, Monash University Coronavirus lockdowns have led to a massive reduction in global emissions, but there’s one area where energy usage is up – way up – during the pandemic: internet traffic. Data-intensive video streaming, gaming and livestreaming for business, university and school ... <a title="Bingeing Netflix under lockdown? Here’s why streaming comes at a cost to the environment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/07/bingeing-netflix-under-lockdown-heres-why-streaming-comes-at-a-cost-to-the-environment-143190/" aria-label="Read more about Bingeing Netflix under lockdown? Here’s why streaming comes at a cost to the environment">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanne Gannaway, Senior Lecturer in Higher Education, The University of Queensland The federal government’s proposed increase in the cost of studying humanities and communications degrees at Australian universities has stirred much debate. One aspect that should not be overlooked is that these changes will disproportionately affect women. ... <a title="Why degree cost increases will hit women hardest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/07/why-degree-cost-increases-will-hit-women-hardest-141614/" aria-label="Read more about Why degree cost increases will hit women hardest">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Sisson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Social and public housing is intensely stigmatised in Australia and has been for several decades. Estates in particular are often labelled “ghettos”, framed as places of danger, drugs and vice. This stigma can lead to discrimination against ... <a title="Why public housing is stigmatised and how can we fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/07/why-public-housing-is-stigmatised-and-how-can-we-fix-it-142913/" aria-label="Read more about Why public housing is stigmatised and how can we fix it">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW One of the many things COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on is the way many of us work. Those fortunate enough to be able to work from home have been able to adapt to this new reality – and it ... <a title="Shorter meetings but longer days: how COVID-19 has changed the way we work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/07/shorter-meetings-but-longer-days-how-covid-19-has-changed-the-way-we-work-143894/" aria-label="Read more about Shorter meetings but longer days: how COVID-19 has changed the way we work">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute A big part of the Morrison government’s response to COVID-19 has been allowing people early access to their superannuation. Australians who have claimed hardship have applied for A$30.7 billion to date. This has been happening in an environment in ... <a title="Early access to super doesn’t justify higher compulsory contributions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/07/early-access-to-super-doesnt-justify-higher-compulsory-contributions-143087/" aria-label="Read more about Early access to super doesn’t justify higher compulsory contributions">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Phiddian, Professor of English, Flinders University For a long time, the answer has been yes. When Saturday Night Live, John Oliver and the satirical establishment railed at him, the president’s supporters were only strengthened in their belief there was a highbrow plot against their guy. Trump ... <a title="Friday essay: has Donald Trump broken satire?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/07/friday-essay-has-donald-trump-broken-satire-143682/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: has Donald Trump broken satire?">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra COVID-19 has now made us two Australias. There’s Victoria – most specifically Melbourne – and then there’s the rest of the country. Melbourne’s extraordinary lockdown complete with curfew is an act of desperation by Daniel Andrews’ government, as it fights ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: COVID divides the nation and isolates MPs from Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/07/grattan-on-friday-covid-divides-the-nation-and-isolates-mps-from-victoria-144094/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: COVID divides the nation and isolates MPs from Victoria">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Lebanon did not need one of the world’s most horrific accidental detonations to remind people it is a state teetering on the edge of collapse. However, the destructive power of 2,750 metric tonnes of ammonium nitrate ignited ... <a title="Beirut explosion yet another heartbreak for a country already on the brink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/beirut-explosion-yet-another-heartbreak-for-a-country-already-on-the-brink-144055/" aria-label="Read more about Beirut explosion yet another heartbreak for a country already on the brink">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Odette Best, Professor, Nursing, University of Southern Queensland Recently announced Closing the Gap targets aim to improve the health and well-being of Indigenous people. But if that’s to happen, we need to provide health advice suitable for First Nations Australians. That includes providing culturally safe dietary advice, ... <a title="We need to Close the Gap on health. But even official dietary advice disadvantages Indigenous people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/we-need-to-close-the-gap-on-health-but-even-official-dietary-advice-disadvantages-indigenous-people-143680/" aria-label="Read more about We need to Close the Gap on health. But even official dietary advice disadvantages Indigenous people">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney Review: Paul Kelly: The Man, the Music and Life in Between (Hatchette) Stuart Coupe’s new biography of Paul Kelly takes many known elements of Kelly’s story and rouses them again. Paul Kelly: The Man, the Music and ... <a title="Paul Kelly biography traces his journey but not his work with young artists today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/paul-kelly-biography-traces-his-journey-but-not-his-work-with-young-artists-today-143350/" aria-label="Read more about Paul Kelly biography traces his journey but not his work with young artists today">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Gibbons, Professor, Australian National University Most people probably associate the Australian Alps with skiing and snow. Others might think of the Man from Snowy River legend or the engineering feats of the Snowy Hydro-Electric Scheme. But few people know the region’s history of exploitation and overuse, ... <a title="‘It is not easy’: how science and courage saved the stunning Australian Alps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/it-is-not-easy-how-science-and-courage-saved-the-stunning-australian-alps-141658/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It is not easy’: how science and courage saved the stunning Australian Alps">Read more</a>
